evan, lindsay, nina, elena and esther

This is the best news of the year!!! (after the wedding... and radiohead's new album release. and probably some other really exciting things haha) For those of you who didn't know, the lovely and bodacious rachel whitaker and I have been gathering donations to help our friend alamitu pay for a much-needed surgery. Evan even made this awesome website to spread the news

www.alamitu.org

Yesterday we were talking via skype with Alamitu's cousin Wondu (in the picture) and we learned that the surgery has been done! She is free of the tumor on her back! I felt like my heart would explode with happiness. She's waited for years for this miracle. Now she'll be able to get a job and support herself. Those transcontinental grapevines are sometimes hard to get the real story through, so we didn't know exactly what was going on for a few months, but it happened! AND it turns out that the amount the doctor needs for the surgery is almost exactly the amount we've raised.

Prayers are once again answered. It's been really cool to see where the donations came from, all over the place, people we don't even know. Thank goodness for the internet and for awesome people! We're waiting for a post-surgery picture of Alamitu and other info to be able to send the money. Better yet, Evan and i could go back and see Alamitu in person now!! pah that would be a miracle... maybe some day.